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Kendrick Lamar has announced that he’ll be performing a show in Los Angeles later this month, though it seems there are a few surprises in store.Set to take place on June 19, also known as Juneteenth, the concert was announced by the rapper on his Instagram Story with a black-and-white photo of a license plate bearing the event’s details. The show is officially titled “Ken & Friends - The Pop Out,” implying that Lamar will be joined onstage by a few surprise guests.Some fans speculated that Lamar may announce his next album at the concert, almost two years since the release of his fifth LP, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.Lamar’s creative house pgLang and another company called Free Lunch will be producing the event. pgLang was co-founded by Lamar and Dave Free in 2020 and spans musi...

Five years after putting Perfect 10 out into the world, Mustard is readying his next album, Faith of a Mustard Seed. The producer unveiled the album's cameo-filled trailer on his socials earlier today, which features footage of the project's potential contributing artists.“But Jesus said if you had faith the size of a mustard seed..." the trailer opens, as photos of Mustard's adolescence – as well as his children – flash across the screen, all contributing to the project's reflective themes.Throughout the one-and-a-half-minute trailer, artists including Future, Travis Scott, Lil Baby, Young Thug and Don Toliver.In a later clip, Mustard is seen at the whiteboard, editing a list of presumed featured artists, with other names including Roddy Ricch, Megan (Thee Stallion) – presumably, NBA Youn...

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Ye's official YouTube channel may have experienced a breach as a possible hacker leaked a number of unreleased songs.A total of 13 tracks were uploaded on to West's channel, some of which feature unrecognizable titles while the others are simply annotated as a numbered beat. A number of the songs are rumored to be part of an old beat tape the artist produced in his early years, however, the track entitled "Super Starred" was already leaked as far back as four years ago under the name "Floating."Neither Ye nor YouTube have addressed the random release of the tracks, and the cuts are still available to stream on YouTube.Read more at Hypebeast

Kendrick Lamar is reportedly back in the studio for a brand new album.The news was shared by producer Terrace Martin, who hopped on Instagram Live and named Dot's upcoming album as one of the records he's most hyped about. “Aye, let me tell y’all the records I’m excited for. I’m excited for YG’s album, I’m excited for Mustard’s album. I’m excited for a lot of people, but there’s two albums, I’m going crazy, I can’t wait ’til they drop,” he said first, “Roddy Ricch album and whenever Kendrick drops his album, I’m excited for those two. Those two Compton artists is like, I’m excited. So much shit bubbling, you know?”Just before listing the albums, the producer clarified in response to a fan comment that the West Coast is the "Mecca" of hip-hop. “We always been the Mecca, bro," Martin said. "...